CF coordinating commitee message to WBAI
listeners and the national board
11-5-01

On November 5, the Coordinating Committee of Concerned Friends of
WBAI unanimously adopted the following resolutions, one directed to
the listener community, the other to the dissident members of the
Pacifica National Board. (Very similar resolutions were adopted on
November 7 by the WBAI Local Advisory Board.)

We are forwarding these resolutions to free-Pacifica groups around
the country, and encourage other groups to sign on or submit their
own resolutions quickly -- time is short before the Nov. 17-18 PNB
meeting. We hope to discuss these matters, and follow-up strategy, in
more detail at a national activist meeting in DC immediately
following the PNB meeting.

And of course we (along with the Pacifica Campaign and local groups
in DC and elsewhere) are pressing full speed ahead with plans for an
entire weekend of educational and protest activities in Washington
from Nov. 16-18. In fact, we're not waiting for next week to
demonstrate -- this Fri., Nov. 9, we're part of a broad anti-WTO
coalition that, as part of a march/tour of corporate shame in
Manhattan, will stop at the offices of Epstein Becker & Green,
demanding the resignation of John Murdock from the PNB.

We are also forwarding this email to all the members of the the PNB,
as well as to all the plaintiffs.

The Coordinating Commmittee of Concerned Friends of WBAI recommends
that WBAI listeners continue to boycott any fund drives until:

1) Pacifica makes full disclosure of its financial status, including
all debts and obligations.

2) All fired, banned and suspended producers and staff at WBAI are
brought back.

3) The strike by Pacifica Network News stringers is settled on terms
agreed to by strikers.

4) The gag rule is revoked throughout the network.

5) Utrice Leid is removed as National Programming Director.

6) Robert Daughtry is removed as WBAI General Manager.

7) The right of unpaid staff to be considered workers and included in
collective bargaining agreements is recognized by Pacifica.

8) The Pacifica National Board amends the by-laws to prohibit the
sale of any station.

The Coordinating Committee will also consult with free-Pacifica
activist groups around the country who have supported the boycott to
discuss: a) the possible establishment of some form of escrow fund;
and b) the conditions under which we would all call for an end to the
national boycott.

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Motion #2:

The Coordinating Commitee of Concerned Friends of WBAI calls on the
dissident members of the Pacifica National Board to sponsor the
following resolutions at the Nov. 17-18 meeting:

1) Provide full disclosure of Pacifica's financial status, including
all debts and obligations.

2) Bring back all fired, banned and suspended producers and staff at WBAI.

3) Settle the strike by Pacifica Network News stringers on terms
agreed to by the strikers.

4) Revoke the gag rule throughout the network.

5) Immediately remove Utrice Leid as National Programming Director.

6) Immediately remove Robert Daughtry as WBAI General Manager, and
work with the WBAI LAB and staff to institute a broad-based,
participatory search committee to choose a new manager or management
team for that station.

7) Recognize the right of unpaid Pacifica and local station staff to
be considered workers and be included in collective bargaining
agreements.

8) Amend the Pacifica by-laws to prohibit the sale of any station.

9) Move the Pacifica national office back to Berkeley.

10) Institute a democratic process jointly with Local Advisory Boards
(LABs) and the listener communities, including town meetings with
National Board members in attendance, to bring forth specific ideas
about the current policies and future structure of Pacifica.

11) Call for each LAB to develop a plan for democratic participation
in Pacifica's governance, including elections of LAB's by listeners
and paid and unpaid staff.

12) Begin a process of providing Pacifica affiliates with a voice on
the Pacifica National Board.

In addition, we call on the dissident Board members to immediately
seek to move the Nov. 17-18 meeting to New York City, since that was
the original venue and is long overdue in the rotation of these
meetings.